Mosaic Wall in Sepia
March 2nd, 2010 by Leora
You can see a full color version of this mosaic wall at Raritan Valley Community College in this post. To put this in sepia, I copied the original photo to a new layer in Photoshop, desaturated the photo, added yellow and red to get sepia, and then set the opacity of the sepia layer to 90% so just a wee bit of color would show through. I wanted to use the sepia effect to emphasize the textures of the mosaic.
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You are early!
You have done well; the texture of the mosaic stands out.
Instead of being very, very late to Ruby Tuesday, I decided to be one day early to Sepia Scenes. Glad you can see the texture.
That came out really beautifully Leora..a lot of detail and texture…
What a lovely capture of textures and details. The sepia effects enhance them.
The reflections are lovely, adding mood to the beauty of the wall.
I love the texture in the mosaic.
Very nice! I love mosaics. There’s just something magical how all those different shapes and colors come together to make something so lovely.
I feel the depth of each tile in the mosaic. The sepia edits are great as the shape of each tile is seen better, the layout more clear in a monochrome. Nice!
I also like how you caught the textures in the mosaic. I checked out the photo of the original. It’s so colorful!
P.S. I gave you a “‘shout out” on my Ruby post this week.
I clicked to compare with the color version. Wow, it has a lot of color and looks quite beautiful.
I think a wall with the muted shades your sepia has created would be equally as beautiful! I actually prefer these golden shades.
Your technique worked well. Nice shot.
you did a great job! that looks pretty interesting in sepia
u may view mine here
I love the texture of that wall. Mosaics always take me back to a school trip to a museum in Cirencester, where there are the remains of a Roman villa, complete with marvellous floor mosaics. I was desperate to touch the individual tesserae, but alas, was not allowed.
As for Photoshop, my BH is a whizz with it, being a digital imaging person – it confounds me. I guess I just need to sit down with it, since I can handle a digital SLR with no problems. In the ‘spare’ time that I have. Who needs sleep, lol?!
A very nice transition to the sepia!
The mosaic is beautiful and your adjustments on Photoshop worked well in bringing out the detail! Lovely!
I LOVE how you did this Leora! Just the slightest bit of color! Great! Happy Sepia Scenes!